Category: Published Issues
In the Gully
by Thomas R. Moore After I set my book aside and turned off the Sox in the fifth when Ortiz whiffed for the second time, I dreamed of whales,
Will
by John Driscoll, M.D. This morning I sank into myself Putting aside the cigarettes and whiskey I dropped like a stone leaving but a vanishing
Ventriloquist
by John Driscoll, M.D. He whispered seamlessly to his wooden man whose lips moved, eyes bobbed and who was painted into a black suit effortlessly
Urban Hymn
by Dan Murphy — Es mejor vestir Santos que desvestir borrachos
Eve of the Battle, Take II.
by Dan Murphy He’s hungry, I think and like a combine will eat anything. Wheat, grasshoppers. Dirt clods. Or like an ocean, swollen, its
MOVING VIOLATION
by Paul Muldoon WE WERE BUMPER TO BUMPER DOWN BY THE OUTLET MALL YOU PUSHED THROUGH IN A JUMPER TWO SIZES TOO SMALL I CAN’T ISSUE A FINE LIKE A
BRAND NEW SKINS
by Paul Muldoon I WAS PINNED ON THE HARD SHOULDER MY HEART WEIGHED DOWN BY A BOULDER THAT EASTER SUNDAY AFTERNOON MADDIE PULLED UP LIKE A GODDESS
Hard Wood
by Jody Gladding Ash say ash a fire laid with three logs because a fire must
Paper Birch
by Jody Gladding to read this I have to gather the pages it’s called a signature
Nesting Ravens
by Jody Gladding Yes nesting but you didn’t come here for a sign in the slate there’s a deeper question you